J.K. Rowling moves on, but Potter fever continues

View Photo Gallery: ‘Rags to riches’ is shorthand to describe J.K. Rowling’s journey from a humble childhood and surviving as a single mother to billionaire and author of a highly anticipated adult novel. Here are a few stops along the way.

For better or worse, there probably won’t be any Dumbledore lookalikes lined up outside Barnes & Noble tonight awaiting J.K. Rowling’s next book, which hits stores Thursday. The Harry Potter creator has veered from her world of kid-friendly magic for “The Casual Vacancy,” a novel about the sordid business of a local election in smalltown England.